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Thursday, November 02, 2006

Goodbye, Abang Umar

Termenjerit aku bila Abang forward this sms to me, half an hour ago. Abg Umar is a dear friend to Abang... the most selfless being when it comes to perjuangan. Very respected among the reformists, he would go down doing the dirty jobs along with the other hard-cores. When it comes to berjuang keadilan, dia memang tak tahu takut, dan tak tahu malu. Mana-mana ada majlis perjuangan, formal or informal, dia lah antara yang akan berada di sebalik tabir.

Dia pernah masuk lokap 5 kali due to demos, fighting for just causes. 7 kali di tahan, 7 kali dibicara. Pernah kena dibicara sama-sama dengan Abang. In fact, in was in the lock-up in 1999 lah yang Abang mula kenal Abang Umar and their close friendship & camaraderie started. Abang cerita, Abang Umar dah so gotten used to be locked-up that the first thing he did bila masuk lokap was to sleep on the bunk... soundly pula tu! Masa tu je he finds time to take a breather, katanya. heh.

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